I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 1 Corinthians 14:15 KJV
The "Hymn to our Endlessness" on page 1,174 of Gurdjieff's "Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandon" (Penguin, Arkana) is reminiscent of traditional Christian Hymns and songs of praise, and a concise re-capitulation of Gurdjieff's entire philosophy.
Hymn to our Endlessness
Thou Long Patient CREATOR Of All That Breathes,
Thou Abundantly LOVING CAUSE Of All That Exists,
Thou Unique VANQUISHER Of The Merciless Heropass,
Now To The Sounds Of Our Glorifying
Only Rejoice And Abide In Beatitude.
By Thy Unprecedented Labors Thou Hast Given Us
The Beginning Of Our Arisings,
By Thy Vanquishing Of The Heropass Have We
Obtained The Possibility
Of Perfecting Ourselves To The Sacred Anklad.
And Now Only Rest, As Merited,
And We, In Gratitude, Will Maintain All That Thou
Hast Created
And Always And In All Things Will Extol Thee Forever,
Extol Thee MAKER-CREATOR.
Thou, The Beginning Of All Ends,
Thou, Proceeding From Infinity,
Thou, Having The End Of All Things Within Thyself,
Thou, Our ENDLESS ENDLESSNESS.
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Psalm 95:1 KJV
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